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W B. ANDERSON.

BED. 7 APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. I921.

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, WILLIAM B.

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' Application filed May .9; 1921. Serial No. 461,915",

To all whom'it may concern: Be it known that If'WILmA B. ANDER- SON, acitizen of "theUni'ted. State's, residing at Chicago, in the countyofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and which maybetelescoped into small com pass to form a couch or single bed andextended to form{ a double bed.

a provide an improved extensible bed. i

bed wherein the extensible sectionis carried directly bythe legs of thestationary section. I p v I Another object is to provide a bed whereinthe surfaces of the two sections are substantially in the samehorizontalplane when the bed is extended.

Another object is'to provide an extensible bed wherein the legs may beseparated readily from the bed bottoms or sections.

, Another object is'to providejan extensible bed-wherein theinneredge-of the'extensible v section-isr'aised,when extended, into verynearly the same horizontal planein which the fixed section is located.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear An embodiment ofthe invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

wherein Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse cross-section through the bedwith the sections telescoped to form a single bed or couch.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse cross-sec- 40 tion through the bed withthe sections extended to form. a double bed.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal cross-section through oneside of both bed sections, and

the foldable legs of the extensible section. 1 The bed comprises, ingeneral, a relatively stationary bed bottom section 1 and a telescopingextensible bed bottom section 2. The stationary section has arectangular frame work composed of two similar substantially U-shapedend rails 3 and two straight side rails 4. The end and side rails may bemade of angle iron of L-shaped cross vAnother object isfto provide anextensible F i 4 is an enlarged elevation of one of section. Secured toend rails 3 in any, suitamanner is a w e c p ing'bed bottom5.

Theextensible section has a similarrec 1 i tangular framework composedof end rails 6 and side 'rails 7. The endi-and side rails oftheextensible .section' also maybe made of anglei'iron. The end-rails ofthe extensible' section carry a wire fabric spring bed bottom 8. i

' The extensible bed -b0ttom' section is made p somewhat smaller thanthe stationary sec- One of the objects of this inventionisto tion sothat the two sections maybe telescopedfand extended.

The end rails of'the stationaryand extensible sections and thebed"bottom framework may be strengthened at their corners Two" bolts,passing through each downwardlyextending side p of each end railand-"the correspondingleg, w

has been found to be sufficient ,to give a rigid structure whenassembled. The wing nuts allow the ready separation-offthe legs and thebed bottom framework; z

The legs also carry a pair of su porting rails 12, one at eachend ofthebe Supporting rails 12 are secured to the. legsby the lower set of bolts11 and support the inner'edge of theextensible section." To'the innerdownwardly extending side of each end rail 6 of the extensible sectionthere is secured a bracket 13. Brackets 13 overlie and rest uponsupporting rails 12 and convey thereto and to the legs the load of theinner side of the extensible section.

Each supporting rail 12 is curved upwardly near. its front end toprovide a small hump 14 and an elevatedsection 15. The elevated section15 raises the inner or rear edgeof the extensible section so that thespring fabric thereof is in substantially the same plane as the plane ofthe fabric of the stationary section when the bed is extended. I

The hump serves to hold the sections extended so that the bed may bemoved readily about the floor without telescoping. Thus relativemovement of the sections is made easy because the bed bottom fabrics areseparated, but when the sections are extended the rear or inner edge ofthe extended fabric section is raised to substantially align with thefabric of the stationary section making a smooth double bed.-

The outer or front edge of the extensible section is supported by a pairof legs 16 which are secured to the respective end rails 16 arepivotally secured to rails 6 so that the legs may be folded inwardly asshown' by the dotted lines of Fig. 4.

In telescoped position the two bed bot tom sectionsare locked togetherby the cooperationof a catch l8 on the extensible section and a springlatch 17 on the stationary section. a l

The load of the stationary section is carried by legs 10 and the loadofthe extensible section is carried directly by the same legs and thefoldable legs of the extensible section. Thus the load of the extensiblesec:-

tion is supported independently of .the bed bottom framework of thestationary section and does not tend to bend or distort the same. Bothsections may be removed readily from legs 10 and, since the outer legsof the extensible section may be folded in,

y theentire bed may be packed or stored in small compass. The extensiblesection may be quickly and easily telescoped under the stationarysection or may be pulledout to make a double bed. The two sections arereadily separable from eachother so that they may beused as two singlebeds or couches.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is i 1. A bed comprising a relatively stationaryspring bed bottom section, legs secured to said section to support thesame, a relatively movable spring bed bottom section, a bar, having anupward bend at one end, in a generally horizontal plane, entirelybetween the legs and directly secured thereto at its respective ends tosupport the inner edge of the movable section in one plane when thesections are telescoped and in a different plane when the sections areextended, and a leg for supporting the outer edge'of the movablesection. 6. To facilitate shipmentand storage, legs '2. A bed comprisinga stationary bed bottom section, legs to which the section is secured, apair of supporting rails carried by the legs, each having two horizontalportions in' different planes separated by a hump and entirely, between.the legs, a movable bed bottom section, a pair of brackets secured tothe movable section near the inner edge thereof and slidably mountedupon the supporting rails whereby the inner edge of the movable sectionis sup ported when the sections are telescoped and extended and inextended position the bed bottoms are brought into substantially thesame horizontal plane, and a leg for. supporting theouter edge of themovable section. 1

3. A bed comprising an-upper and a lower spring bed bottom; a head frameand a foot frame detachably secured to the upper bed bottom; a generallyhorizontal rail extending from the rear toward the front of the headframe and the foot frame and entirel within the frame, the front endsofsaid rail being in a slightly higher horizontal plane than therespective rear ends thereof said rails being directly secured to thelegs of the removable head and foot frames, respectively, a bracketextending from each end of the lower bed bottom near the inner sidethereof, resting on the respective rails,

and a leg secured near each outer corner of the lower bed bottom wherebyboth bed bottoms are directly carried by said frames. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLIAM B. ANDERSON.

